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>> because i'm a great respecter of the law. >> rose: can't you respect the law and believe the law is imperfect? >> absolutely. and that's why -- >> rose: believe that you may have the opportunity in the sense? think of brown. have board of education. >> absolutely. and there may be a case. >> rose: that's a historic decision! and there may be a case in which i look at what our precedents have been and enough time and evidence is demonstrated like in "brown" at we made a horrifically wrong decision and the courage of any justice, the ones -- the nine men who overturn "plessy v. ferguson," they understood the moment had come and i hope i have the strength to do that, too. but that doesn't mean that that's what you try to do in every case that comes before the court. >> rose: this reminds me of the great senator patrick moynihan where someone famously said had written more books than most senators hav read. >> (lahs) i have to s having spent a lot of time talking to him that was an apt saying. not to suggest that senators aren't educated. >> what has come up-- and this has to do with th
>> because i'm a great respecter of the law. >> rose: can't you respect the law and believe the law is imperfect? >> absolutely. and that's why -- >> rose: believe that you may have the opportunity in the sense? think of brown. have board of education. >> absolutely. and there may be a case. >> rose: that's a historic decision! and there may be a case in which i look at what our precedents have been and enough time and evidence is demonstrated like in...
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he is the sterling professor at yale law school and a constitutional law scholar. his new book is called america's unwritten constitution, the precedence and principleses we live by. i am pleased to have him at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> so what about this love affair with the constitution that you have, did it come from undergraduate z it come from law school, did it come from some sense of america and its -- >> it came from the day that i was born and because the day i'm born in ann arbor, michigan, my parents are not u.s. citizens. they ever's students, they're, they were here to do their medical training. they met in ann arbor and because of the first sentence of the 14th amendment, great gift, the constitution gives a gift to peon my birthday, a birthday gift t makes me a citizen of the united states. >> because is with born here, no questions asked. and i think ever since, and i grew up as an immigrant kid, very much believing in america. my parents chose this place. they came here and i have been, i have this love affair with mark and its constitu
he is the sterling professor at yale law school and a constitutional law scholar. his new book is called america's unwritten constitution, the precedence and principleses we live by. i am pleased to have him at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> so what about this love affair with the constitution that you have, did it come from undergraduate z it come from law school, did it come from some sense of america and its -- >> it came from the day that i was born and because the...
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they don't have the same kinds of laws that were in place before. we're having to reestablish relationships with them. and you have these groups being networked in some of them now claiming al qaeda, al qaeda connections. and all of this combines, and last, to, you have an expanding amount of ungoverned space. and we talked about ungoverned space a little bit when we talked about afghanistan, where a group is ability with impunity or without pressure to train, plan, recruit extremists to engage in operations in that region and around the world. that's exceedingly dangerous. and what we have to do is to address this and it has to be address comprehensively and it's going to take an intensive effort over an extended period of time i think. what does it mean. >> go ahead. >> i think what it means is first and foremost we need to understand the situation and work to protect our embassies and our people in the region. and of course a lot of this arises out of the lessons learned from benghazi. that the secretary chrn ton talked about at the hearing befor
they don't have the same kinds of laws that were in place before. we're having to reestablish relationships with them. and you have these groups being networked in some of them now claiming al qaeda, al qaeda connections. and all of this combines, and last, to, you have an expanding amount of ungoverned space. and we talked about ungoverned space a little bit when we talked about afghanistan, where a group is ability with impunity or without pressure to train, plan, recruit extremists to engage...
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of course your problem is there is no court of law. the interpret of this law is in the mind of the minister of home affairs and information so there you are, thank you very much that will be 500 bucks or whatever. so michael-- the producer and mine, he is now at "60 minutes," called the cbs evening news and management and said look this is the situation. what we want to do is push the envelope as far as we think we can bush it. we want to stand on the line that we perceive there to have been drawn. but we want to push. we don't want to back down. >> and they said fine, an never once in all that time, almost couple of years of covering that violence and making those judgements every day, myself and other correspondents and producers, never once did they question our jjment to say go further. they may have said are you sure you want to say that, you sure you want to use that picture. if you said yes, they said fine. and the risk wa, the huge risk to cbs, but they trusted us to make the judgement. and that was something that you can't li
of course your problem is there is no court of law. the interpret of this law is in the mind of the minister of home affairs and information so there you are, thank you very much that will be 500 bucks or whatever. so michael-- the producer and mine, he is now at "60 minutes," called the cbs evening news and management and said look this is the situation. what we want to do is push the envelope as far as we think we can bush it. we want to stand on the line that we perceive there to...
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personality. [ laughter and applause ] some democrats in congress now trying to change the marijuana laws making it legal so it can be taxed and increase revenue. [ scattered cheers ] really? is that what the government's come down to now? we're selling drugs to pay off our debts? [ laughter ] what is this, the tv show "weeds?" when did uncle sam become scarface? "here's my little friend!" [ light laughter ] well, you know, since marijuana is legal up in washington state they need someone to oversee the whole marijuana thing up there. a government agency that will specialize in marijuana. well, how slow is that office gonna be? [ laughter ] okay? please. please. well, here's an amazing story we talked about last night. the 500-year-old bones of king richard have been discovered under a parking lot in england. now take a look. they say -- these are bones of king richard. does that look like king richard? doesn't that look more like keith richards? [ laughter ] doesn't it -- does that look? [ applause ] you know, interesting fact. you know, king richard was known as the hunchback king. that
personality. [ laughter and applause ] some democrats in congress now trying to change the marijuana laws making it legal so it can be taxed and increase revenue. [ scattered cheers ] really? is that what the government's come down to now? we're selling drugs to pay off our debts? [ laughter ] what is this, the tv show "weeds?" when did uncle sam become scarface? "here's my little friend!" [ light laughter ] well, you know, since marijuana is legal up in washington state...
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my wife had just finished law school and she was a clerk for a federal judge in san francisco but she had to be the judges' chambers. we had two young kids at the time. our oldest two kids were i think 3 and 5. so i had to take them to school every morning. i was on the fast track at bain. i made the... i was traveling constantly. so i walked in to tom teerny who was the head of bain san francisco office. he is now the independent lead director. he's been mentor my whole career. i said tom i have to quit because i've got to be at home year to take the kids to school. he looks at me and says done a hoe you idiot. you don't have to quit. i said i have to take the kids to school every morning. he said, well, we'll put you on a local client. i said, tom, we don't have any local clients. he said, we'll go out and get the local client. sure enough we got a local client. i was able to work part time that year. what tom reinforced afternoon what i think is so important about leadership is it can't be all work work work. you've got to be... >> charlie: reinforcing that idea it also reinforces
my wife had just finished law school and she was a clerk for a federal judge in san francisco but she had to be the judges' chambers. we had two young kids at the time. our oldest two kids were i think 3 and 5. so i had to take them to school every morning. i was on the fast track at bain. i made the... i was traveling constantly. so i walked in to tom teerny who was the head of bain san francisco office. he is now the independent lead director. he's been mentor my whole career. i said tom i...